‘Paperboy’ Shashanka appointed Gandhi Peace Ambassador

Bhubaneswar: The Gandhi Peace Foundation of Nepal has appointed Shashanka Sekhar Das, popularly known as the Paperboy, as the Gandhi Peace Ambassador for India. Shashanka is the Limca Book of Records holder for the largest collection of different newspapers of the world and his collection has been adjudged by the Guinness Book of World records […]

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13 Ganesh puja ‘Chanda’ seekers arrested in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A total of 13 persons have been arrested for forcibly collecting donation (chanda) for Ganesh puja celebrations in the State. According to a communiqué of State Police Headquarters, police have so far registered five cases in Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Sundergarh, Rayagada and arrested 13 persons for collecting donations. While Khandagiri police in Bhubaneswar has registered […]

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11 achievers honoured with Dadhichi awards

Bhubaneswar: At least 11 achievers were felicitated by Dadhichi Educational Trust at a programme held at hotel. The awardees were from varied fields like medicine, sports, arts, culture, industry and agriculture. The names of awardees include KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achutya Samanta (Dadhichi Sikhya Jyoti Samman), social activist Padmashree Daitari Nayak (Dadhichi Seva Jyoti […]

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Govt promotes three ADGs to DG rank in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Saturday promoted three senior IPS officers to Director General of Police (DGP) rank. According to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievances Department, 1987-batch Odisha cadre IPS Surendra Panwar along with Satyajit Mohanty and Manoj Kumar Chhabra of 1988 batch were promoted to the DGP rank in […]

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Achievers from varied fields to be honoured with Dadhichi awards on Sept 3

Bhubaneswar: At least 11 dynamic achievers would be felicitated with a scroll of honour by Dadhichi Educational Trust on September 3 to celebrate its foundation day. The achievers include KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achutya Samanta, AIIMS Anesthesiology chief Dr Sukdev Nayak, Ruchi managing director Dr Sarat Kumar Sahoo and ITR Chandipur Director and scientist […]

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Naveen Patnaik Govt sacks another six officials in latest crackdown on corruption

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik Government has once again struck corrupt Government officials and this time dismissed from service six more officers from various departments and directed discontinuation of pension for four retired officers charged with corruption. Junior clerk Sanjit Kumar Ray working with Kuanrmunda Tehsil under Sundergarh Collectorate of Commerce and Transport Department, former Assistant […]

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2nd BIMSTEC disaster management exercise to be conducted in Puri & Konark

Puri: A team of top National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday visited Puri and Konark and held discussion with different stakeholders, including Puri Collector Balwant Singh, Hotel Association president to host the second Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) disaster management exercise. To host the second BIMSTEC disaster management […]

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Bhubaneswar girl to witness Chandrayaan -2 landing with PM Modi

Bhubaneswar: Landing of Chandrayaan -2 on the surface of the moon is getting close day by day, and Sharanya Nanda of DAV Chandrasekarpur here along with 59 other students are selected from all across India who will all witness the historic moment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ISRO had conducted a ‘Space Quiz’ for students. […]

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Odisha boy Aswatha Narayana bags gold at WorldSkills Kazan-2019

Bhubaneswar: S Aswatha Narayana from Odisha has won gold medal in Water Technology at the WorldSkills International Competition 2019 that ended with a spectacular closing ceremony at Kazan on Tuesday attended by President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. The 25-year-old youth competed against 11 countries. He was also rewarded as ‘Best of Nation’ amongst […]

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